Detective Fiction
The Gutting of Couffignal
Read by Winston Tharp
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett’s hardboiled detective is assigned by his agency to guard a stash of wedding presents on an exclusive Bay Area island. Jus…
Nisida
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fi…
La Constantin
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility …
The Secret of Casa Grande
Read by Mary Escano
Helen Randolph
While visiting their friend, Florence, at her home in Mexico, Jo Ann and Peggy noticed a barred window which has no opening into any of the …
La gota de sangre
Read by Epachuko
Emilia Pardo Bazán
Es posible que Emilia Pardo Bazán, sea la primera mujer que haya escrito una novela policíaca, 9 años antes que Á…
A Prince of Swindlers
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Guy Boothby
The year 18-- was a momentous one in Great Britain. Not only did the nation receive most of the world's royalty for months on end, but the …
The Photographer's Evidence
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Nicholas Carter
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom …
Grave Danger
Read by Ben Tucker
Frank Kane
Johnny Liddell cleans up the crime-ridden New York water front by making a dope charge stick against the head of the "organization"…
Amusement Only
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Richard Marsh
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
Silver Blaze
Read by Phil Chenevert
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A famous race horse disappears a week before an important race; the trainer is found dead on the desolate moor and the police are completely…
Kastle Krags
Read by VfkaBT
Absalom Martin
A series of murders occur at the remote seaside mansion of a millionaire in Florida. The mystery is heightened via local lore of pirates an…
The Tower Treasure
Read by James R. Hedrick
Franklin W. Dixon
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American dectective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. Th…
Cuentos Policiales
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Various
¿Por qué aparece la novela policíaca? Es el miedo, la “filosofía de la angustia” o “de la inseguridad” de la que…